Yakuza 4

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Yakuza 4 Release Date: Original March 18th, 2010 (JP) March 9th, 2011 (NA) March 15th, 2011 (EU) Remaster January 17th, 2019 (JP) October 29th, 2019 (WW) Developer: SEGA Ryu ga Gotoku studio (remaster) Publisher: SEGA Series: Yakuza Platforms: PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 (remaster) Genre: JRPG, Brawler

Yakuza 4 (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの Ryū ga Gotoku fō: Densetsu o Tsugumono, lit. "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend") is the fourth entry in the Yakuza series, published by SEGA in March 2010, with the western releases following a year later. A remastered version for the PlayStation 4 was released in January 2019 in Japan and October 2019 worldwide, the latter being part of the Yakuza Remastered Trilogy. Yakuza 4 is the first main entry in the series to feature multiple player characters as well as adding in the ability to explore underground spaces and rooftops.

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The following weapons appear in the video game Yakuza 4:

Handguns

Makarov PM clone

This Makarov PM-type pistol with an extended barrel and ring hammer is massively popular with gangsters in the Yakuza universe.

Baikal-442 - 9x17mm Browning/9x18mm Makarov/9x19mm. It is a Canadian market import model of the Makarov. It features an long barrel, not seen on the military Makarov pistol.

Katsuragi aims his Makarov PM-type pistol.

SIG-Sauer P230

This misshapen SIG-Sauer P230 from the previous game appears in the hands of this game's main antagonist Hiroaki Arai. As mentioned in the previous game, it barely resembles a P230, but it is referred to as such in the game files and since it does not resemble any other gun more closely, we'll go with that. Fortunately it no longer has the garish golden finish, instead being black. It is also seen in a revelation.

SIG-Sauer P230 - 9x17mm

Having just added brain stew to this vending machine's collection, Arai looks down to admire his handiwork, P230 in hand.

Detective with the so-called "P230" model in a revelation.

Revolvers

Nambu Model 60/Smith & Wesson Model 36

Another very widely used model in the Yakuza series is this hybrid of a Nambu Model 60 with parts such as the barrel and grips from a Smith & Wesson Model 36.

Nambu Model 60 - .38 Special

Early Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special

Masaru Ihara threatens Arai with his Nambu revolver, showing the 5-shot cylinder. Ihara decided to become a yakuza after his male modelling caree... oh wait, I've already done that joke.

Rear view of the gun. Takeshi Kido's (right) jacket is adorned with images of the "nine-tailed fox," which may be familiar to those who are fans of other Japanese fictional media franchises such as Naruto.

Shun Akiyama gets arrested after Arai runs off having just murdered Ihara. His protests of innocence don't seem to be making the otaku cop on the right any less angry.

Tactical officers pointing their not-so-tactical pea-shooter revolvers.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

A Smith & Wesson Model 10 with a 3" barrel is one of the revolvers used by Taiga Saejima in his 1985 massacre of the Ueno Seiwa family.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 with 3" barrel - .38 special.

Saejima holding the model 10 in his right hand (note the exposed ejector rod). The game developers did not have separate meshes for bullet and shell at this point, so decided to show the exposed chambers as being unloaded rather than having fired shells in them.

Smith & Wesson Model 10/19

What appears to be a combination of the Model 10 frame (given the lack of adjustable sights) with the 6" barrel from a Smith & Wesson Model 19 is another of the three revolvers used by Saejima.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 with 6" barrel - .357 magnum.

Saejima holding the hybrid revolver in his left hand.

Smith & Wesson Model 10/Colt Detective Special

Additionally, a version of this gun with a barrel (but not the front sight) based on the third-gen Colt Detective Special appears in the game. It also features a handgrip adaptor.

Colt Detective Special third-gen - .38 special.

Majima opens the bag of revolvers for the Ueno Seiwa hit, containing all 3 of the Model 10-type revolvers. The short-barrelled version with the handgrip adaptor can be seen on top of the pile.

Munakata with the short-barrelled revolver.