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Hokuto ga Gotoku PS4 Game Reveals Teaser Trailer, Story, Cast

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Fist of the North Star game by Yakuza Studio launches in 2018

The official YouTube channel for Sega's Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku) franchise began streaming a teaser trailer on Saturday for Yakuza Studio's Fist of the North Star game, titled Hokuto ga Gotoku.

The Cinema Today entertainment website is also streaming the game's reveal footage from Sega's livestream event on Saturday. The video starts out with Kazuma Kiryū meeting the franchise's new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, and then turning into Kenshirō.

The action adventure game will ship for the PlayStation 4 in 2018.

The game takes place in the world of Fist of the North Star, and will feature a completely original story. The game will feature familiar characters from Fist of the North Star, and will also feature original characters that original manga artist Tetsuo Hara is designing for the game.

Takaya Kuroda, who plays Kazuma Kiryū in the Yakuza games, will voice Kenshirō in Hokuto ga Gotoku. The website for Kadokawa's Famitsu magazine revealed some of the game's cast and character designs on Saturday.

Takaya Kuroda as Kenshirō


Aya Hisakawa as Yuria


Kazuhiro Nakaya as Shin


Miyuki Sawashiro as Kisana


Kenta Miyake as Jagure


Kyō-Ō (voice actor not yet revealed)


In the game's story, Kenshirō learns that his beloved fiancée Yuria has died. Kenshirō hits rock bottom after learning of this devestating news, but one day he hears a rumor: Yuria is in fact alive. With hope in this rumor being the only thing keeping Kenshirō alive, he wanders through the wasteland and manages to reach the miraculous town called "Eden."

Source: Famitsu.com


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