Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Background

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (originally known as Sega's CS1 Team until the release of Yakuza: Dead Souls) is a Japanese video game developer/production studio and a subsidiary of Sega and their Sega CS Research and Development No. 1 division, founded on August 31, 2011. The studio is best known for developing the popular Yakuza series of games since Yakuza 5, which was released in 2012. The studio's name is derived from the Yakuza series' Japanese name, Ryū ga Gotoku (literally Like A Dragon). The studio has also developed the Yakuza spin-off series Judgment (Judge Eyes in Japan), Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (a brawler based off the popular manga with elements from the Yakuza games), and recent Super Monkey Ball games starting with Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD.

1st Logo (February 24, 2012-????)

Logo: We see the black painted Japanese text ( 龍が如くスタジオ), translating directly to ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio''. ''Studio'' is in red, with the first character (龍) is larger than the rest.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on the studio's early games starting with Binary Domain.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (????)

Logo: On a white background, we see a crude-looking black painting square, with a single white kanji inside (龍, translating as ''Dragon''). Below is the bold text ''RYA GA GOTOKU'' (with the first letter of each word slightly larger), and ''STUDIO'' in a thinner, spaced-out font.

Variant: An inverted variant exists, with a white logo on a black background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common. Seen on most of the studio's most recent games, including the remastered versions of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5. The inverted variant can be seen on Yakuza: Like A Dragon.

Editor's Note: None.