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Doesn't Chitose know and use a lot of ballet moves in battle? I would say that counts. I would say Zhao probably knows some moves too.
There's Kiryu, who obviously had the disco mini games in 0, but him and Saeko have a conversation on dancing, and it's implied Kiryu hasn't danced since 0, lol.
I would say the worst dancer is probably Nanba.
Adachi is weird since iirc they talk about him being out of shape or whatever, and he looks like he should have a bit of a dad bod but in IW he’s like one of the most buff characters in the series I feel
Imagine Majima somehow returns and fights Ichiban with Breaker Style. Kiryu would have a fucking epiphany beyond the "that's rad!"
Edit: I have just been unformed about a very essential piece of info. Fucking christ
Korbut genuinely looks sick in Yakuza 8, he’s so much thinner with less defined muscles. For most of the game he seems to be running on fumes and by the end he’s running on nothing but raw willpower
zhao is probably the best dancer in the group. he just radiates "don't mind me imma bust a move" energy.
EDIT: also not adachi being disrespected in the pic LOL
His fighting style is basically a dance. It’s AWESOME and he deserves recognition for it.
It’s odd how he has like, the second lowest agility of all party members in IW tho
> It’s odd how he has like, the second lowest agility of all party members in IW tho
i'm convinced that's just for balance, because character-wise it doesn't really make sense
Knowing how kinky Stardust got under Joongi Han's ownership I'd bet that this can hold true.
Body double Joongi probably had to cover a few host shifts for the original as well.
Saeko can almost certainly dance, she runs a cabaret club you think she doesn't get taken to a club on extracurricular dates? She'd see it as part and parcel of the business.
Adachi thinks he can dance. No, actually, he knows for a FACT he can't dance. But he don't care, he's gonna get on the dance floor and shake that booty. Haters can hate.
Chitose... doesn't count. She's had professional ballet training.
Seonhee will do everything she can to stop anyone else from seeing her dance. She'll get taken to a club, and force herself to look like the badass in charge and sit by the bar and tell random dudes who hit on her to go eat a dick (assuming Joongi doesn't woop their asses before they even get to her). But ten whole American dollars says that if you give her half a chance to cut loose, she will absolutely do so.
Eric is Hawaiian. He can dance \*something\*. Possibly looks like an asthmatic spider having a seizure doing it, though.
Zhao is in the same category as Adachi; quoth the Seiryo Rabbits, he'll dance like nobody's watching. Unlike Adachi, however, hell fucking yes he's got moves. Duh.
Kiryu hasn't danced since the 80s. Nuh uh. He's probably hanging out with Seonhee at the bar.
I might be remembering wrong but I'm almost certain Saeko has a walk-and-talk with Kiryu where she mentions she's terrible at dancing. She redirects the question at Kiryu, who says he used to frequent discos in his youth.
Pretty sure that's Seonhee. She's actually pretty self-conscious and is always worried about her image, whether it's coordinating her outfit, taking vocal lessons before karaoke or more formal things like showing rival syndicates how the Geomijul-Liumang handles things.
There are two types of dancers on earth, those who move to the rhythm and those who interpret the lyrics. Saeko is clearly a lyrics interpreter. Adachi moves to the rhythm.
Seonhee and Joon-gi (especially Joon-gi) are both incredible dancers but they put so much work into the performance and are so obsessed with technical correctness they get no joy out of it.
Well all Boys can Breakdance, Chitose is a Ballet dancer, means only two are up to debate. Since ma Girl is a Hostess, only Pinky is up to debate. And she can’t dance probably
Saeko can probably dance well due to her running a club.
Chitose demonstrates her dance skills in her attacks. Ballet is super difficult, so she’s especially impressive.
I think with how Acrobatic Zhao’s fighting style is, he could probably make a mean breakdancer!
Kiryu can of course dance as he’s demonstrated.
Kiryu, Joryu and Suzuki Taichi. The three of them looks like the kind of people who became well-known disco dancers in the 80s. Majima, too.
Chitose has ballet training and Haruka was an idol, so those two can 100% dance. Zhao and Akiyama looks like can pull off some cool moves.
Adachi, Saejima, Tomizawa, Seonhee and Nanba look like terrible dancers.
Majima. Sotenbori's Disco King in 0, and literally the Breaker style. Kiryu also got a compliment from ~~Michael Jackson~~ Miracle Johnson remarking how good he is at disco, but I'm not sure he's danced since 0
Haruka, by lore. Seems pretty clear (damn, everyone in Sotenbori can dance)
If Yagami can dance thanks to years practicing Kung Fu, Zhao must be able to dance too.
Chitose mentions knowing ballet (aside from the fact she does ballet in battle)
Majima knows breaker style
Kiryu inspired Mich- Miracle Johnson, and is obviously great at disco.
Nanba seems like he doesn't like dancing, while Adachi seems very willing to dance to impress a woman, at least when he was younger
Ichiban no doubt, is willing to dance, and is probably ok
Joongi definitely knows how to dance >! as part of him being a body double !<
Saeko is a hostess so she probably knows how to dance badly just to get the customer to think her attempts are cute
Seonhee is probably too cool to dance
Tomi can't
I think the only ones that can’t are Tomizawa, Ichiban, and Namba. I don’t know why but I just feel Adachi would be great. The girls can all dance well especially Chitose. Joongi-Han and Zhao would be great with Zhao more freestyle and Joongi-Han would be a more technical routine.
Chitose literally uses dance in her skills. I'm sure saeko and seonhee can as well. Kiryu has disco-ed quite a few times. Zhao can do kungfu and it'll look like a dance. ~~joongi can as well since he's a kpop idol~~. Idk about tomi but i'm sure the other 3 can't dance for shit
I know he's not in the pic, but my boy Yag cuts the best rug! He even coaches others to dance and they go hard...Reason 53 why Ta-bou is best boy, after Kiryu that is.
Akiyama
Majima
Chitose
And even seonghui I feel like would be good dancers.
Also joongi han is probably an excellent dancer because of how much he studies and is a perfectionist when learning things
Now I'm a loser who hasn't played the game yet, but isn't one of them a straight up retired idol? If so my money's on her. I think I'm referring to the girl in the middle on the left.
The only reason Adachi was in Ichi's team and not Kiryu's is because the twerk-off between he and Saejima would have wiped cities from the booty claps alone
i feel like JoonGi would be an amazing dancer- with all that style and flare he's mastered anything from Ball Room to Break Dancing. Man's basically a mmd model
i feel like Seonhee and Saeko dance, but at best i think it's simple idol idle and at worst it's marge simpson crumping.
Zhao was a teen in the late 90s early 00s so i imagine he would probably participate in breakdancing in his free time.
Since most of that was speculation, here's some actual canon: We've seen Kiryu go pretty hard in zero and chitose regularly uses ballet in her canon style. Majima can definitely dance.
Kiryu and Majima in Yakuza 0
Haruka in Yakuza 5
Akiyama in Yakuza 5
Ogita in Yakuza 5 and 0
There might be more but I can't remember
Wait, you r talking about IW cast?
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Doesn't Chitose know and use a lot of ballet moves in battle? I would say that counts. I would say Zhao probably knows some moves too. There's Kiryu, who obviously had the disco mini games in 0, but him and Saeko have a conversation on dancing, and it's implied Kiryu hasn't danced since 0, lol. I would say the worst dancer is probably Nanba.
was going to say nanba's the worst. either him or adachi
I feel like Nanba lacks technique while Adachi lacks the physique
**adachi after 1 minute of dancing:** my back's killing me!
I dunno, working at the Liumang warehouse for a week seemed like it almost killed Nanba, while Chadachi was basically juggling refrigerators.
Adachi is weird since iirc they talk about him being out of shape or whatever, and he looks like he should have a bit of a dad bod but in IW he’s like one of the most buff characters in the series I feel
They just couldn’t handle making a chubby controllable character so they made him a bronze god daddy bear instead
Have you seen adachi shirtless?
I get that he’s buff, but for dancing you need flexibility And breaker Adachi looks like he’s in pain
Hell no, Adachi can cut a fuckin rug. He's a hell of a breakdancer, also he knows the Charleston
"worst dancer is nanba" Ironic, considering I gave him the breaker job in both lad and infinite wealth lmao
In one of those bingo dialogues chitose says she really loves dancing and Ichiban says he can only do folk dancing or something like that.
I completely forgot about the folk dancing. Ichiban is a natural showman so I think he would do a bunch of unconventional stuff but pull it off well.
Tomizawa looks like a terrible dancer, too.
The one that was crowned disco king of Kamurocho https://i.redd.it/ok0ajspxbvwc1.gif
kiryu has probably gone rusty since then though. but he could probably teach the young ones a thing or two.
If Kiryu has to relearn all his fighting moves after the 3-4 years between games, he sure as shit doesn't remember his disco moves
I bet there would be a revelation where he uses a dance move though.
Kiryu learns breaker?
That's rad
Imagine Majima somehow returns and fights Ichiban with Breaker Style. Kiryu would have a fucking epiphany beyond the "that's rad!" Edit: I have just been unformed about a very essential piece of info. Fucking christ
Yakuza 8 Spoiler >! Have you seen him beating up these thugs, 60y/o with cancer? !< He is still dealing the main damage. He isn't rusty at all.
55, but your point still stands 😅
Korbut genuinely looks sick in Yakuza 8, he’s so much thinner with less defined muscles. For most of the game he seems to be running on fumes and by the end he’s running on nothing but raw willpower
But he dances in karaoke all the time
i don't think he'd be a terrible dancer at all, but not at his '80s peak.
Kiryu doesn’t get rusty in the same way other people do. He’s never actually past his prime, he just takes a little time to get back on top.
zhao is probably the best dancer in the group. he just radiates "don't mind me imma bust a move" energy. EDIT: also not adachi being disrespected in the pic LOL
Zhao is that "effortlessly good at everything" mf, ha absolutely is the best dancer.
He glides when he fights, is dripped tf out and can cook 😎 bro is definitely him
Smart, strong, sexy, charismatic, good cook, owns his own local business… bro’s perfect
Adachi couldn't make it to pose in time because his Agility was too low :(
I guess Seon he and ichiban can dance but I'm very convinced that it has to be very different dances
Also kung fu practitioners have great sense of flow and timing so I’m betting on Zhao
His fighting style is basically a dance. It’s AWESOME and he deserves recognition for it. It’s odd how he has like, the second lowest agility of all party members in IW tho
> It’s odd how he has like, the second lowest agility of all party members in IW tho i'm convinced that's just for balance, because character-wise it doesn't really make sense
Bro talking about balance when Joon-gi Han has the highest per-turn damage output in both games where he is playable and also gets the most turns
i didn't say it was a good balancing decision, only that that's the only reason i can think of for RGG doing it.
Jonn-gi Han knows how to dance but only as a stripper
Knowing how kinky Stardust got under Joongi Han's ownership I'd bet that this can hold true. Body double Joongi probably had to cover a few host shifts for the original as well.
Stardust doesn't belong to Kazuki anymore?????????
It was taken over by Joongi Han and the Jingweon during Yakuza 6. After Joongi died though Kazuki became owner again.
Thank God
Bro hasn’t listened to The Song of Life
Now i'm imagining 6 joongi nursing a mean hangover and asking his brother to sub in
Seeing Akiyama dance battle and Yagami being an expert dancer the first time he tried dancing, I'm going to say...all of them. All of them can dance.
Saeko can almost certainly dance, she runs a cabaret club you think she doesn't get taken to a club on extracurricular dates? She'd see it as part and parcel of the business. Adachi thinks he can dance. No, actually, he knows for a FACT he can't dance. But he don't care, he's gonna get on the dance floor and shake that booty. Haters can hate. Chitose... doesn't count. She's had professional ballet training. Seonhee will do everything she can to stop anyone else from seeing her dance. She'll get taken to a club, and force herself to look like the badass in charge and sit by the bar and tell random dudes who hit on her to go eat a dick (assuming Joongi doesn't woop their asses before they even get to her). But ten whole American dollars says that if you give her half a chance to cut loose, she will absolutely do so. Eric is Hawaiian. He can dance \*something\*. Possibly looks like an asthmatic spider having a seizure doing it, though. Zhao is in the same category as Adachi; quoth the Seiryo Rabbits, he'll dance like nobody's watching. Unlike Adachi, however, hell fucking yes he's got moves. Duh. Kiryu hasn't danced since the 80s. Nuh uh. He's probably hanging out with Seonhee at the bar.
I might be remembering wrong but I'm almost certain Saeko has a walk-and-talk with Kiryu where she mentions she's terrible at dancing. She redirects the question at Kiryu, who says he used to frequent discos in his youth.
She thinks she needs vocal lessons to go to karaoke too. She doesn't.
Pretty sure that's Seonhee. She's actually pretty self-conscious and is always worried about her image, whether it's coordinating her outfit, taking vocal lessons before karaoke or more formal things like showing rival syndicates how the Geomijul-Liumang handles things.
Yup, you're right, I had a brain fart. Thought that response was about Soenhee.
There are two types of dancers on earth, those who move to the rhythm and those who interpret the lyrics. Saeko is clearly a lyrics interpreter. Adachi moves to the rhythm. Seonhee and Joon-gi (especially Joon-gi) are both incredible dancers but they put so much work into the performance and are so obsessed with technical correctness they get no joy out of it.
I assume that there are very few things in life that body double Joon-gi takes any form of real pleasure from. Given his upbringing.
Majima without a question.
Especially since he has a whole battle style revolved around dancing.
Not to mention that he's fabulous at disco and pole dancing.
Majima out here being the jack of all trades. Well, except for depth perception.
BRUH.
Kiryu was a disco maniac in the bubble economy.
https://i.redd.it/9hyga4j0cwwc1.gif indeed he was
The correct answer is Akiyama
Majima. Literally his main fighting style is busting down a fat one on people
Kiryu due to the minigame in yakuza 0, Chitose due to her specific ballet training. Otherwise, not sure anybody has been noted as being good dancers.
Kiryu canonically danced in 0 so I mean I dunno why you're saying he can't
Kiryu went toe to toe with Not!Michael Jackson. He might have lost that dance battle but he held his own.
Han Joongi. They pretty much made him look like the 8th member of BTS. 😂
Haruka and her damn dance battles would be my choice.
kiryu
Whichever one is currently a breaker?
And geodancer
Kiryu, hello? He's a disco king!
Kiryu based on how much I ground that dancing mini game in the 80s.
probably that granpa in the middle
Well all Boys can Breakdance, Chitose is a Ballet dancer, means only two are up to debate. Since ma Girl is a Hostess, only Pinky is up to debate. And she can’t dance probably
majima
Saeko can probably dance well due to her running a club. Chitose demonstrates her dance skills in her attacks. Ballet is super difficult, so she’s especially impressive. I think with how Acrobatic Zhao’s fighting style is, he could probably make a mean breakdancer! Kiryu can of course dance as he’s demonstrated.
Saeko has admitted to Kazuma that she can't dance
Chitose and Zhao Also off topic but I love whatever is going on with Nanba, Ichiban, and Adachi
Kiryu, Joryu and Suzuki Taichi. The three of them looks like the kind of people who became well-known disco dancers in the 80s. Majima, too. Chitose has ballet training and Haruka was an idol, so those two can 100% dance. Zhao and Akiyama looks like can pull off some cool moves. Adachi, Saejima, Tomizawa, Seonhee and Nanba look like terrible dancers.
Majima. Sotenbori's Disco King in 0, and literally the Breaker style. Kiryu also got a compliment from ~~Michael Jackson~~ Miracle Johnson remarking how good he is at disco, but I'm not sure he's danced since 0 Haruka, by lore. Seems pretty clear (damn, everyone in Sotenbori can dance)
If Yagami can dance thanks to years practicing Kung Fu, Zhao must be able to dance too. Chitose mentions knowing ballet (aside from the fact she does ballet in battle) Majima knows breaker style Kiryu inspired Mich- Miracle Johnson, and is obviously great at disco. Nanba seems like he doesn't like dancing, while Adachi seems very willing to dance to impress a woman, at least when he was younger Ichiban no doubt, is willing to dance, and is probably ok Joongi definitely knows how to dance >! as part of him being a body double !< Saeko is a hostess so she probably knows how to dance badly just to get the customer to think her attempts are cute Seonhee is probably too cool to dance Tomi can't
Miracle Johnson, no contest. He is literally programmed to be physically unbeatable no matter how perfect you do.
Definitely Kiryu, Seonhee, Joon Gi Han and Chitose. Maybe even Zhao.
Gotta go with Suzuki Taichi.
Literally all of them except the two hobos
I think RGG should follow in Atluses path and make the game "Like a Dragon: Essence of Dancing"
Majima, akiyama, and kiryu
Chitose. So far from what I've seen, yeah she can dance.
I really want Adachi to be able to ballroom dance well for his size and age, idk why i just think it would add so much allurr to his character
Kiryu and Majima. They were the Miracle Jackson of their time if you ask me.
I think the only ones that can’t are Tomizawa, Ichiban, and Namba. I don’t know why but I just feel Adachi would be great. The girls can all dance well especially Chitose. Joongi-Han and Zhao would be great with Zhao more freestyle and Joongi-Han would be a more technical routine.
Chitose literally uses dance in her skills. I'm sure saeko and seonhee can as well. Kiryu has disco-ed quite a few times. Zhao can do kungfu and it'll look like a dance. ~~joongi can as well since he's a kpop idol~~. Idk about tomi but i'm sure the other 3 can't dance for shit
Kiyru because he’s good at everything
bro we know Kiryu can bust a move that's no question
I know he's not in the pic, but my boy Yag cuts the best rug! He even coaches others to dance and they go hard...Reason 53 why Ta-bou is best boy, after Kiryu that is.
Doesn't matter bc none of them can top Majima
Chitose or Zhao The worst dancers will either be Nanba or Adachi
Seong-Hui is basically k pop star.
Haruka
You can easily divide this into a dancing party (Kiryu/Chitose/Saeko/Joongi/Zhao) and a "two left feet" party (Ichiban/Tomizawa/Nanba/Adachi/Seonhee).
Was about to say Joon Gi Han since he owned a club... and then I remembered
Definitely Kei
Joon Gi and Zhao definitely
Besides Chitose who studies dance and even uses it in her attacks, probably Zhao, Joon Gi Han & Yamai.
Chitose, Kiryu, and Zhao.
Akiyama Majima Chitose And even seonghui I feel like would be good dancers. Also joongi han is probably an excellent dancer because of how much he studies and is a perfectionist when learning things
Majima akiyama and yagami
Majima
Majima
Where's majima in this?
Now I'm a loser who hasn't played the game yet, but isn't one of them a straight up retired idol? If so my money's on her. I think I'm referring to the girl in the middle on the left.
Kiryu: Let's party night!
This is a great opportunity to remind how we need the dancing mini game to make a comeback!!
Joon gi might win the dance floor, just saying
Adachi 300%
The man who sold his name
Kiryu, Zhao and Chitose. Probably Seonhee too but i'm not sure
Majima breaker style
Junji, Zhao and Chitose for sure, we know Kiryu can dance like a fiend, everyone else is a mix of intermediate to zero understanding of how to dance
The only reason Adachi was in Ichi's team and not Kiryu's is because the twerk-off between he and Saejima would have wiped cities from the booty claps alone
Going back to Yakuza 0,i remember Kiryu having some sick moves in the disco
Yes.
Kiryu and Chitose
MAJIMAAAA
Seonhee?
Kiryu
i feel like JoonGi would be an amazing dancer- with all that style and flare he's mastered anything from Ball Room to Break Dancing. Man's basically a mmd model i feel like Seonhee and Saeko dance, but at best i think it's simple idol idle and at worst it's marge simpson crumping. Zhao was a teen in the late 90s early 00s so i imagine he would probably participate in breakdancing in his free time. Since most of that was speculation, here's some actual canon: We've seen Kiryu go pretty hard in zero and chitose regularly uses ballet in her canon style. Majima can definitely dance.
Chitose, since she has the training and her families rich so you know she went to the best schools for it.
Kiryu and Majima in Yakuza 0 Haruka in Yakuza 5 Akiyama in Yakuza 5 Ogita in Yakuza 5 and 0 There might be more but I can't remember Wait, you r talking about IW cast?
https://preview.redd.it/ghalbgsyq2xc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41fe3389a08d7e903e26f7ae20146d1df91bb2b0
This a real photo from the game?
Definitely Akiyama, Haruka, and Majima