Yakuza Kiwami 3

The Dragon of Dojima Style is Kiryu's main signature fighting style, known for its powerful bare-handed combat and versatility. This iteration in Yakuza Kiwami 3 starts simple but remains potent, allowing Kiryu to crush enemies with a combination of punches. Unlike previous versions, this style uniquely enables Kiryu to use picked-up weapons and guard with his arms. It also incorporates skills and abilities reminiscent of other RGG protagonists, such as parrying like Yagami and Tanimura, powerful spinning attacks and kicks similar to Yagami's Crane Style or Akiyama's style, and throws like Saejima. Even his heavy attacks can be charged, similar to Saejima's style.

Completion: Defeat a total of 600 enemies in Dragon of Dojima Style.

Combos:

1. Lunging Punch: Sends enemy flying in Dragon Boost. (Hold for heavy hit)
2. Knee Strike: Becomes a Powerbomb drop in Dragon Boost. (Hold for heavy hit)
3. Double Fist Strike: Knocks enemy down. During Dragon Boost, grab an enemy, spin them, and throw. (Hold for heavy hit)
4. Flipping Axe Kick: Knocks enemy down. Deals immense damage in Dragon Boost. (Hold for heavy hit)
5. Grab and Punch: Grabs enemy and punches them. Knocks out of grab after 3rd consecutive punch.
6. Quickstep Attack: Direction of quickstep and button pressed change the attack.
7. Haymaker: Hold down Square, then press Triangle. Costs 1000 Yen.
8. Double Kick: Costs 1500 Yen.
9. Spinning Blows: Hold R1 and then press Square. Costs 200 Training Points.
10. Punting Kick Finisher: Press Square near downed enemy. Costs 200 Training Points.
11. Powerful Combo: Ends with 3 kicks, the last being a flying kick. Costs 300 Training Points.
12. Giant Swing: Hold R1. Costs 400 Training Points.
13. Grab Strong Attack: Grab enemy with R1 and press Square. Costs 400 Training Points.

Heat Actions:

• Essence of Raging Dragon: Hold down Square to attack.
• Essence of Evasive Counter: Perfect Evade an enemy attack.
• Essence of Facebuster: Grab enemy and use Square.
• Essence of Return Fire: When facing an enemy with a gun in fighting stance.
• Essence of Reversal: Parry an enemy's attack successfully.
• Ultimate Essence (Yakuza 3 Version): When in front of a stunned enemy.
• Essence of Dragon God Musou: Taunt when surrounded by 3 enemies.
• Rikiya Tag Team: When Rikiya grabs and holds an enemy when fighting together.
• Essence of Wheelie: Bad Boy Dragon Turf War Only: Do a Wheelie when approaching a group of enemies on a bike.
• Essence of Wall Crush: Grab an enemy and move them close to a wall.
• Essence of Head Crush: Grab an enemy and move them close to a surface at waist height.
• Essence of Fence Smashing: Grab an enemy and bring them to a fence or guardrail at lower than waist height.
• Essence of Throwing: Grab an enemy and bring them to an edge you can throw them off of (like the river) or balcony terrace.
• Essence of Tragic Downfall: Grab an enemy and bring to the top of some stairs to throw them down.
• Essence of Microwave: Grab an enemy inside a convenience store.

Environmental Weapons: Kiryu cannot hold weapons, so all weapons are found lying around or obtained from enemies. Weapons are destroyed after use.

• Small One-handed Weapon: Hold a small one-handed weapon (Cones, cans, bottles, etc).
• Medium One-handed Weapon: Hold a medium or slightly heavy weapon in one hand (certain signs and objects).
• Large Two-handed Weapon: Hold a large 2-handed weapon.
• Open Basket One-hand Weapon: Hold the crate in one hand and walk up to the enemy.
• Baton: While holding a Baton or similar shaped weapon.
• Baseball Bat: While holding a Baseball Bat.
• Portable Stove: While holding a portable stove as a one-handed weapon.
• Gun: While holding a Gun and walking up to an enemy.
• Knife: While holding a knife or a broken bottle etc near an enemy.
• Large Pineapple: While holding a large Pineapple, found in Ryukyu or in cardboard boxes.
• Pliers: While holding pliers as a small one-handed weapon.
• Salt: While holding a Salt Shaker as a one-handed weapon.
• Sword: While holding a katana dropped by enemies.
• Stun Gun: While holding a Stun Gun as a one-handed weapon.
• Syringe: While holding a Syringe as a one-handed weapon.
• Hammer: While holding a demolition hammer usually obtained from enemies who are defeated.
• Pole or Blunt Weapon: When holding a Pole or Blunt like object.

The Ryukyu Style is a new fighting style for Kiryu in Yakuza Kiwami 3, focusing on the use of various weapons. To achieve full mastery, you must defeat a total of 600 enemies while using this style. This style allows Kiryu to wield multiple weapons simultaneously without them breaking, offering diverse combat options for different situations.

Unlike other styles, Kiryu cannot pick up weapons in Ryukyu Style, but he doesn't need to, as he can take advantage of over 6 different weapons at any time. While Kiryu cannot Quickstep in this style, he can perform a dodge roll. His guard is now a shield, protecting him from blades and gunfire. Mastering perfect guards allows for powerful counter-attacks, but the style is vulnerable to guard-breaking moves.

The variety of weapons in Ryukyu Style enables quick transitions between crowd control with far-reaching weapons and single-target combat with more powerful moves. For instance, the scythe can inflict bleeding, and the Tonfa can stun enemies. This style also features more moves that send enemies flying compared to the Dragon of Dojima style. Dragon Boost can also be used to slightly alter combos.

Combos

Heat Actions

Ryukyu Style has its own set of Heat Actions, similar to the Dragon of Dojima style. However, it cannot take advantage of weapon or environmental Heat Actions, resulting in fewer options that are specific to its own array of weapons.

Mine's fighting style is his own combat style based on shoot boxing. While Kiryu is more about power, Mine is more technical, using long combo strings mixed with evasive moves. On top of his unique ground attacks, he also has aerial combos and can grapple between enemies seamlessly, making him great for crowd control. He can easily use one enemy as a stepping stool to attack another or transition in a move to hit many enemies. Unlike Kiryu, he cannot pick up weapons from his surroundings nor grab and hold his enemies. Instead, he grapples his enemies and drags them on the ground, beating them. Mine starts out pretty weak compared to Kiryu but can become a force that rivals him as he grows. One of the major advantages he has over Kiryu is that he is naturally faster moving and can both perfect guard and evade. Though he lacks some of Kiryu's boons, his combat ultimately flows a lot better, allowing for some juggling combos or long combos in general when fully worked with.

Combos

Mine's combos are a mix of punches, kicks, and grappling techniques. Many combos can be chained together or followed up with evasive maneuvers.

Heat Actions

Mine's Heat Actions are powerful special moves that can be performed under specific conditions. As Mine cannot hold or use weapons, all of the below can only be used through in-combat actions. In Dark Awakening, the available Heat Actions will change regardless of the number of hearts used.

Normal Style

Dark Awakening

Special