Amazon's live-action Yakuza series introduces a brand new character unfamiliar to fans

The Yakuza crippled bid has been adapted into a live-action TV amusement connected Amazon Prime Video, but the bid has introduced a mates of caller characters to the story

*Warning: This nonfiction contains insignificant spoilers for Like A Dragon: Yakuza episodes 1 and 2 and the Yakuza game*.

The latest live-action adaptation of the Yakuza games has unsurprisingly undergone a fewer tweaks from the archetypal root material, adjacent introducing caller characters.

Based connected the Sega published series, Like a Dragon: Yakuza is present disposable connected Amazon Prime, offering a caller instrumentality connected the much-loved series.

However, arsenic with galore adaptations earlier it, the creators person made immoderate changes successful their bid to contiguous a bold attack that tin beryllium enjoyed by newcomers arsenic good arsenic long-time fans.

This includes the instauration of what appears to beryllium astatine slightest 2 caller characters, though 1 seems to beryllium much of a modification of a quality from the archetypal Yakuza game.

So, who precisely are Miho and Aiko, what roles bash they play successful the story, and however bash they disagree from their crippled counterparts? Here's what we've gathered from the aboriginal episodes.

Who is Miho?

According to the Yakuza Wiki instrumentality website, the lone quality named Miho successful the bid is simply a convenience store worker. They diagnostic successful the prequel rubric Yakuza 0, and are a quality from whom the subordinate tin acquisition items, reports the Daily Record.

In the caller Amazon series, however, Miho is the sanction of Nishiki's sister. She grows up successful the orphanage alongside her brother, Kiryu, and Yumi. As her member joins the yakuza, she is sent to enactment arsenic a nightclub hostess on with Yumi.

In the game, Nishiki's sister is called Yuko and shares the aforesaid upbringing arsenic her member and his friend. However, she besides battles a illness that often requires infirmary treatment.

The archetypal communicative begins with her awaiting surgery, a item not mentioned successful the latest adaptation. Instead, she collapses aft drinking and is warned by her adoptive begetter to instrumentality attraction of her kidney.

The game's remake, Yakuza 0, delves deeper into the narration betwixt Nishiki and his sister. However, it remains unclear which mentation the Amazon bid volition adhere to oregon if it volition archer its ain unsocial story.

Who is Aiko?

While Nishiki's sister appears to person undergone a elemental sanction change, Aiko is an wholly caller character.

According to the show's quality information, Aiko is Yumi's long-lost older sister. She locates Yumi with the assistance of a erstwhile constabulary detective turned informant.

Aiko is besides the main fishy successful the theft of 10 cardinal yen successful soiled wealth from the Omi Alliance and is simply a people for different yakuza groups.

In the game, Kiryu believes that Yumi has a sister aft being informed that his person has disappeared. However, helium yet learns that it was Yumi herself, pretending to beryllium her ain sister nether a mendacious name.

In the Amazon series, Aiko besides appears to beryllium Haruka's mother, whereas successful the game, she is Yumi's daughter.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza episodes 1-3 are disposable to watercourse connected Amazon Prime present with the last episodes disposable connected October 31