Of course, real-life Japanese yakuza are renowned for sporting ... For example, long-time franchise protagonist Kazuma Kiryu features a dragon tattoo on his back, with Kiryu possessing the same ...

Like a Dragon: Yakuza’s first season certainly ... the rip in his suit that had been hiding the dragon tattoo. In one final twist, Kiryu discovers that Shimano was the one who killed his parents ...

It's because of the association between tattoos and a mafia-like group called the yakuza - which has operated in Japan for hundreds of years. "Some people see them as a necessary evil and other ...

Thai police have arrested a Japanese yakuza boss on the run for 15 years after pictures of his tattoos went viral on Facebook. Shigeharu Shirai is accused of murdering a gang rival in 2003.