10 most famous historical figures in Like a Dragon: Ishin

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Like a Dragon: Ishin is chock full of historical figures. This makes sense since the Ryu Ga Gotoku game is set at the tail end of the Bakumatsu era of Japan. The events of the game helped lead up to the Meiji Restoration, seen in a wide variety of anime and films. While many of the faces of these characters are familiar, they also play the role of several historic figures.

However, Like a Dragon: Ishin is historic fiction, so the depictions of these characters do not match up to what they do in real life. Some characters in this Like a Dragon title resemble historic figures as well but are not named for them.

There’s a British naval officer that resembles Commodore Perry but is not named after him. So, while he looks similar, the two are not the same. These characters are the most famous historic figures in Like a Dragon: Ishin.

Ikumatsu is the geisha lover of Kogoro, and it makes perfect sense that these two characters resemble who they do in Like a Dragon: Ishin. Kogoro takes after Shun Akiyama and Ikumatsu is Hana, Sky Finance’s secretary. Historically speaking, it was said that much of Katsura Kogoro’s information came from Ikumatsu.

Both characters had negative feelings about the feudal state of Japan, and she used the fact that men underestimate women to gain information for her future husband. The two got married after the Meiji Restoration. When Kogoro passed away, she took on the name “Suikoin,” and became a nun.

In Like a Dragon: Ishin, Hiroshi Hayashi now looks like Yakuza 0’s Hiroki Awano, and much like the historic figure, Kanryusai didn’t especially care about either faction in the Bakumatsu conflicts. Shogunate or Rebels, it was all more or less the same to him.

As the Shinsengumi weakened, Takeda suggested to