Kiryu will also star in a spinoff game to be released in 2023 called Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! will be released on Feb. 21, 2023, with Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name following later in the year and Like a Dragon 8 in 2024.
The Man Who Erased His Name is set in 2018 and is considered a companion piece to Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, however, will be an action-adventure game, and “about half the size” of a mainline title in the series, according to Yokoyama.