There is a great cast of characters in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but the one most deserving of a Like a Dragon Gaiden game is Masumi Arakawa.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth shows that the series has a lot of great characters who deserve a chance to have their backstories fleshed out a bit more. Following Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Show Erased His Name’s example, there is the potential for other smaller titles in the series to take on the Like a Dragon Gaiden name and showcase these characters as the protagonists of their respective games. After Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, it’s clear that Masumi Arakawa is the perfect candidate for his own Like a Dragon Gaiden entry.
Masumi Arakawa is a legendary figure of the Tojo Clan’s old guard in the Like a Dragon series and is a prominent character in both Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. While he is mainly known in these titles for being Ichiban Kasuga’s biological father and one of the architects behind the Great Dissolution of the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance, his backstory includes tales of ruthlessness and romance as he fights to protect the woman he loves, Akane. Since most of the information about Arakawa comes from second-hand sources in the series, he deserves the chance to be the protagonist of a future Like a Dragon Gaiden game.
