History AwesomeBosses / LikeADragon

* He may be a traitor who's clearly lost his sanity, but it's hard not to respect Kosei Shishido as [[WorthyOpponent Kiryu's final challenge.]] He's no slouch when fought early in the game, with his brute strength forcing Kiryu to unleash his "Yakuza" stance just to keep up with Shishido's crushing blows. He's also a pain to fight at the construction yard brawl when backed with a small army of goons and Nishitani III. However, when his beloved Yakuza lifestyle is on the line, Shishido goes all out in the final battle, coming at Kiryu with a large katana and ferocity befitting a lion. The battle sprawls over a large stretch of the Omi HQ, with Shishido breaking his sword on a wall before being tackled through said wall, picking another sword and severing a chandelier with it, and grabbing Joryu's Spider wire, tossing them both up to the awning above the Omi's front entrance where the fight's last phase commences. Whether armed or unarmed, Shishido hits with the strength and speed of a flying meteor, and he only succumbs to defeat after beating a staggering [[MarathonBoss TWELVE bars of life]] out of him. On top of being a much worthier final 1-on-1 fight for Kiryu than the [[AntiClimaxBoss underwhelming Iwami,]] many already consider Shishido to be the greatest final boss in the entire series, and that's a mantle that already has [[VideoGame/Yakuza5 quite]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 a few]] [[VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin contenders.]]

* [[MultiMeleeMaster Jo Sawashiro]] returns to fight Kiryu's team and he's even more formidable than in the last game. He starts out fighting with a [[CaneFu cane]] this time, but he can switch to using either a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] or [[DualWielding twin daggers]] at will, the latter stance being similar to the improvised shivs from his third phase in LaD. Each weapon also comes attached with an element: Ice for the cane, fire for the katana, and electric for the daggers. Sawashiro's ultimate attack employs all three weapons in a massive sweep that's likely to hit everyone at once. Despite these new powers, Sawashiro is overall less difficult than in ''Like a Dragon'' since he isn't constantly healing, IW's combat improvements make fights go faster, and he's going up against [[WorldsStrongestMan Kiryu,]] who's still stronger than Sawashiro despite having cancer. Even if he's not quite as tough as the last game, Sawashiro is still a formidable and fun opponent, not to mention satisfying to demolish after how badly he's treated Ichi over the years.

* If the previous fight wasn't ridiculous enough, before Ichiban reaches his climax dungeon, his team must fight ''the shark itself,'' dubbed the "Tyrant of the Tides." A fitting moniker for such a vicious beast, the shark's bites and belly flops deal severe damage to the party at once, and it can appropriately inflict the team with the "Fear" status effect. In addition to this sea monster, near the end of Nele Island itself, Ichiban's gang are assaulted by the "Blessed Leviathan," a [[GiantSquid GIANT SQUID]] which blasts the party with blinding ink while its left tentacle slams them around. Even worse is its right tentacle, which grabs a party member and [[SwallowedWhole shovels it into the beast's mouth,]] forcing the unlucky hero to squish several egg sacs to get spit out. Both of these fights are as terrifying as they are insane, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7k7eDbPABk intensely dramatic music]] that plays for them really sells the "David vs. Goliath" feel they're going for.
* Ichiban's final boss is the loathsome Bryce Fairchild, [[AGodAmI the false "Sage of Palekana"]] and a fair contender for the most vile villain in the entire series. Before Ichi's team can lay down some much-deserved justice on the usurper, they need to fight off two waves of Palekana cultists, the latter of which brings soldiers with sub-machineguns into the fight. Bryce stands in the background and will keep summoning soldiers until the captain of each squad (Ramos for the first wave, Graham for the second) is defeated. He also tosses grenades onto the field [[BadBoss without caring if they'll hit his own men or not,]] and he even summons [[SuicideAttack SUICIDE BOMBERS]] in what might be the most disturbing battle tactic in the entire series. After Graham is beaten, he is [[YouHaveFailedMe callously gunned down by Bryce]] who now confronts the heroes personally with one more group of soldiers by his side. The man is surprisingly durable [[EvilOldFolks despite his advanced age,]] and he can cause major damage to the entire party at once with his [[MoreDakka dual sub-machineguns]] and ability to [[GrenadeSpam carpet-bomb the arena.]] It is a long, grueling, epic battle until Ichiban kicks the guns out of Bryce's hands, driving him to pick up a sword in desperation [[ClippedWingAngel which he wields very poorly]] before inevitably being subdued. Watching him end the battle so pathetically is beyond gratifying for the laundry list of crimes and sins [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he has been getting away with for decades.]]

* With his strong machete attacks, his Latin-infused battle music, and his strong resemblance to his [[Creator/DannyTrejo dub voice actor,]] Dwight Mendez makes for a fun and tough battle for all three times you fight him, but special mention goes to the third and final fight where [[ThreateningShark a freaking shark]] keeps jumping onto Yamai's boat to chow down on anyone unfortunate enough to land next to it. It doesn't discriminate, so Ichi's team can take advantage of the shark against Dwight and his goons but must watch out that his team stays away from the edge. The mid-fight QTE even has Ichiban toss Dwight towards the shark in an [[OOCisSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically cold move]] for the normally virtuous hero, even if the result isn't fatal. That said, it's hard not to derive some satisfaction from tormenting the leader of the Barracudas who have been antagonizing the heroes all throughout their Hawaiian adventure.

* Like the last game, Majima and Saejima are fought as a team once again, but they are now joined by the former Sixth Chairman of the Tojo himself, Daigo Dojima. While he's not as strong as his companions, Daigo's still a tough fighter in his own right and provides status buffs for his team. Saejima still hits hard and Majima's as slippery as ever, but all three -jimas bust out their strongest attacks when their health drops halfway. Daigo lays down strong combo strings and uses a counter stance much like his Yakuza 4 incarnation, Saejima uses an earthshaking ground punch and a crushing backbreaker than can potentially kill any teammate whose health is even somewhat low, and Majima employs his good old DoppelgängerAttack, where he thankfully only generates two clones this time, but he can do so multiple times until he's defeated. The fact that the Majima/Saejima fight in ''Like a Dragon'' is one of (if not THE) hardest fights of that game, plus them now having a third in Daigo, sounds like a very intimidating order, but their time stuck in a depressive exile is implied to have made them somewhat weaker, and as with Sawashiro, that they're going up against Kiryu as party leader instead of Ichiban levels the playing field significantly. Despite the lower difficulty, the legendary trio still makes for a tough fight, but what pushes it above and beyond every other boss in the game is what happens when they almost run out of health. When one of the -jimas is close to being KO'ed, they summon up a second wind that forces Kiryu to trigger his [[LimitBreak Dragon's Resurgence,]] bringing them both into a spiritual void filled with images of their past encounters, as Kiryu has to finish them off in a ''real-time fight'' to finally defeat them. The trio is the only force badass enough to not just stand there and take it as Kiryu breaks the laws of turn-based combat, proving their worth as the legends everyone believes them to be. All at once, this fight provides a nostalgia trip, a unique mechanic, a fair challenge, and a mea culpa for those who were disappointed Kiryu never fought Majima again after [[/Video Game Yakuza3 the third game.]] It's not a stretch to consider it the greatest battle between the series' two turn-based installments to date.

* If the previous fight wasn't ridiculous enough, before Ichiban reaches his climax dungeon, his team must fight ''the shark itself,'' dubbed the "Tyrant of the Tides." A fitting moniker for such a vicious beast, the shark's bites and belly flops deal severe damage to the party at once, and it can appropriately inflict the team with the "Fear" status effect. In addition to this sea monster, near the end of Nele Island itself, Ichiban's gang are assaulted by the "Blessed Leviathan," a [[GiantSquid ''giant squid'']] which blasts the party with blinding ink while its left tentacle slams them around. Even worse is its right tentacle, which grabs a party member and [[SwallowedWhole ''shovels it into the beast's mouth,'']] forcing the unlucky hero to squish several egg sacs to get spit out. Both of these fights are as terrifying as they are insane, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7k7eDbPABk intensely dramatic music]] that plays for them really sells the "David vs. Goliath" feel they're going for.
* Ichiban's final boss is the loathsome Bryce Fairchild, [[AGodAmI the false "Sage of Palekana"]] and a fair contender for the most vile villain in the entire series. Before Ichi's team can lay down some much-deserved justice on the usurper, they need to fight off two waves of Palekana cultists, the latter of which brings soldiers with sub-machineguns into the fight. Bryce stands in the background and will keep summoning soldiers until the captain of each squad (Ramos for the first wave, Graham for the second) is defeated. He also tosses grenades onto the field [[BadBoss without caring if they'll hit his own men or not,]] and he even summons [[SuicideAttack ''suicide bombers'']] in what might be the most disturbing battle tactic in the entire series. After Graham is beaten, he is [[YouHaveFailedMe callously gunned down by Bryce]] who now confronts the heroes personally with one more group of soldiers by his side. The man is surprisingly durable [[EvilOldFolks despite his advanced age,]] and he can cause major damage to the entire party at once with his [[MoreDakka dual sub-machineguns]] and ability to [[GrenadeSpam carpet-bomb the arena.]] It is a long, grueling, epic battle until Ichiban kicks the guns out of Bryce's hands, driving him to pick up a sword in desperation [[ClippedWingAngel which he wields very poorly]] before inevitably being subdued. Watching him end the battle so pathetically is beyond gratifying for the laundry list of crimes and sins [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he has been getting away with for decades.]]

* He may be a traitor who's clearly lost his sanity, but it's hard not to respect Kosei Shishido as [[WorthyOpponent Kiryu's final challenge.]] He's no slouch when fought early in the game, with his brute strength forcing Kiryu to unleash his "Yakuza" stance just to keep up with Shishido's crushing blows. He's also a pain to fight at the construction yard brawl when backed with a small army of goons and Nishitani III. However, when his beloved Yakuza lifestyle is on the line, Shishido goes all out in the final battle, coming at Kiryu with a large katana and ferocity befitting a lion. The battle sprawls over a large stretch of the Omi HQ, with Shishido breaking his sword on a wall before being tackled through said wall, picking another sword and severing a chandelier with it, and grabbing Joryu's Spider wire, tossing them both up to the awning above the Omi's front entrance where the fight's last phase commences. Whether armed or unarmed, Shishido hits with the strength and speed of a flying meteor, and he only succumbs to defeat after beating a staggering [[MarathonBoss TWELVE bars of life]] out of him. On top of being a much worthier final 1-on-1 fight for Kiryu than the [[Anti-ClimaxBoss underwhelming Iwami,]] many already consider Shishido to be the greatest final boss in the entire series, and that's a mantle that already has [[VideoGame/Yakuza5 quite]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 a few]] [[VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin contenders.]]

* [[Multi-MeleeMaster Jo Sawashiro]] returns to fight Kiryu's team and he's even more formidable than in the last game. He starts out fighting with a [[CaneFu cane]] this time, but he can switch to using either a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] or [[DualWielding twin daggers]] at will, the latter stance being similar to the improvised shivs from his third phase in LaD. Each weapon also comes attached with an element: Ice for the cane, fire for the katana, and electric for the daggers. Sawashiro's ultimate attack employs all three weapons in a massive sweep that's likely to hit everyone at once. Despite these new powers, Sawashiro is overall less difficult than in ''Like a Dragon'' since he isn't constantly healing, IW's combat improvements make fights go faster, and he's going up against [[WorldsStrongestMan Kiryu,]] who's still stronger than Sawashiro despite having cancer. Even if he's not quite as tough as the last game, Sawashiro is still a formidable and fun opponent, not to mention satisfying to demolish after how badly he's treated Ichi over the years.

* [[Multi-MeleeMaster Jo Sawashiro]] returns to fight Kiryu's team and he's even more formidable than in the last game. He starts out fighting with a [[CaneFu cane]] this time, but he can switch to using either a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] or [[DualWielding twin daggers]] at will, the latter stance being similar to the improvised shivs from his third phase in LaD. Each weapon also comes attached with an element: Ice for the cane, fire for the katana, and electric for the daggers. Sawashiro's ultimate attack employs all three weapons and has a massive AoE that's likely to hit everyone at once. Despite these new powers, Sawashiro is overall less difficult than in LaD since he isn't constantly healing, IW's combat improvements make fights go faster, and he's going up against [[WorldsStrongestMan Kiryu,]] who's still stronger than Sawashiro despite having cancer. Even if he's not quite as tough as the last game, Sawashiro is still a formidable and fun opponent, not to mention satisfying to demolish after how badly he's treated Ichi over the years.
* Like the last game, Majima and Saejima are fought as a team once again, but they are now joined by the former Sixth Chairman of the Tojo himself, Daigo Dojima. While he's not as strong as his companions, Daigo's still a tough fighter in his own right and provides status buffs for his team. Saejima still hits hard and Majima's as slippery as ever, but all three -jimas bust out their strongest attacks when their health drops halfway. Daigo lays down strong combo strings and uses a counter stance much like his Yakuza 4 incarnation, Saejima uses an AoE ground punch and a crushing backbreaker than can potentially kill any teammate whose health is even somewhat low, and Majima employs his good old DoppelgängerAttack, where he thankfully only generates two clones this time, but he can do so multiple times until he's defeated. The fact that the Majima/Saejima fight in LaD is one of (if not THE) hardest fights of that game, plus them now having a third in Daigo, sounds like a very intimidating order, but their time stuck in a depressive exile is implied to have made them somewhat weaker, and as with Sawashiro, that they're going up against Kiryu as party leader instead of Ichiban levels the playing field significantly. Despite the lower difficulty, the legendary trio still makes for a tough fight, but what pushes it above and beyond every other boss in the game is what happens when they almost run out of health. When one of the -jimas is close to being KO'ed, they summon up a second wind that forces Kiryu to trigger his [[LimitBreak Dragon's Resurgence,]] bringing them both into a spiritual void filled with images of their past encounters, as Kiryu has to finish them off in a ''real-time fight'' to finally defeat them. The trio is the only force badass enough to not just stand there and take it as Kiryu breaks the laws of turn-based combat, proving their worth as the legends everyone believes them to be. All at once, this fight provides a nostalgia trip, a unique mechanic, a fair challenge, and a mea culpa for those who were disappointed Kiryu never fought Majima again after [[Yakuza3 the third game.]] It's not a stretch to consider it the greatest battle between the series' two turn-based installments to date.
* With his strong machete attacks, his Latin-infused battle music, and his strong resemblance to his [[DannyTrejo dub voice actor,]] Dwight Mendez makes for a fun and tough battle for all three times you fight him, but special mention goes to the third and final fight where [[ThreateningShark a freaking shark]] keeps jumping onto Yamai's boat to chow down on anyone unfortunate enough to land next to it. It doesn't discriminate, so Ichi's team can take advantage of the shark against Dwight and his goons but must watch out that his team stays away from the edge. The mid-fight QTE even has Ichiban toss Dwight towards the shark in an [[OOCisSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically cold move]] for the normally virtuous hero, even if the result isn't fatal. That said, it's hard not to derive some satisfaction from tormenting the leader of the Barracudas who have been antagonizing the heroes all throughout their Hawaiian adventure.

* Ichiban's final boss is the loathsome Bryce Fairchild, [[AGodAmI the false "Sage of Palekana"]] and a fair contender for the most vile villain in the entire series. Before Ichi's team can lay down some much-deserved justice on the usurper, they need to fight off two waves of Palekana cultists, the latter of which brings soldiers with SMGs into the fight. Bryce stands in the background and will keep summoning soldiers until the captain of each squad (Ramos for the first wave, Graham for the second) is defeated. He also tosses grenades onto the field [[BadBoss without caring if they'll hit his own men or not,]] and he even summons [[KamikazeAttack ''suicide bombers'']] in what might be the most disturbing battle tactic in the entire series. After Graham is beaten, he is [[YouHaveFailedMe callously gunned down by Bryce]] who now confronts the heroes personally with one more group of soldiers by his side. The man is surprisingly durable [[EvilOldFolks despite his advanced age,]] and he can cause major damage to the entire party at once with his [[MoreDakka dual SMGs]] and ability to [[GrenadeSpam carpet-bomb the arena.]] It is a long, grueling, epic battle until Ichiban kicks the guns out of Bryce's hands, driving him to pick up a sword in desperation [[ClippedWingAngel which he wields very poorly]] before inevitably being subdued. Watching him end the battle so pathetically is beyond gratifying for the laundry list of crimes and sins [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he has been getting away with for decades.]]

* Homare Nishitani III may lack any of the original Nishitani's honorable qualities, but his combat prowess (and psychosexual insanity) are worthy enough of the name. He attacks relentlessly with knife strikes and kicks, quickly sidestepping Kiryu's attacks in return. After a mid-fight QTE, he resorts to tossing [[BlindedbytheLight flash grenades]] which, if Kiryu gets stunned by one, will almost certainly guarantee he gets hit by Nishitaniii's Mortal Attack right afterward. He's bad enough when fought on the main thoroughfare of The Castle or in his burning hideaway office, but he brings a long sword with him when he's last fought at the climactic construction site brawl, and he loses no agility despite carrying a larger blade than his previous fights. He may be [[CompleteMonsterthe most loathsome character]] in this game by far, but at least he brings a great challenge backed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vek6jfKslNM an amazing fight track.]]
* He may be a traitor who's clearly lost his sanity, but it's hard not to respect Kosei Shishido as [[WorthyOpponent Kiryu's final challenge.]] He's no slouch when fought early in the game, with his brute strength forcing Kiryu to unleash his "Yakuza" stance just to keep up with Shishido's crushing blows. He's also a pain to fight at the construction yard brawl when backed with a small army of goons and Nishitani III. However, when his beloved Yakuza lifestyle is on the line, Shishido goes all out in the final battle, coming at Kiryu with a large katana and ferocity befitting a lion. The battle sprawls over a large stretch of the Omi HQ, with Shishido breaking his sword on a wall before being tackled through said wall, picking another sword and severing a chandelier with it, and grabbing Joryu's Spider wire, tossing them both up to the awning above the Omi's front entrance where the fight's last phase commences. Whether armed or unarmed, Shishido hits with the strength and speed of a flying meteor, and he only succumbs to defeat after beating a staggering [[MarathonBoss TWELVE bars of life]] out of him. On top of being a much worthier final 1-on-1 fight for Kiryu than the [[Anti-ClimaxBoss underwhelming Iwami,]] many already consider Shishido to be the greatest final boss in the entire series, and that's a mantle that already has [[Yakuza5 quite]] [[Yakuza0 a few]] [[LikeADragonIshin contenders.]]

* Considering the boss that came before him, the final boss of the entire game, Ryo Aoki (a.k.a, Masato Arakawa), is [[BreatherBoss much easier]], but still just as climactic in his own way. Whereas Ichiban relied on his friends to deal with Tendo, here he's completely [[DuelBoss on his own]] while defaulting to his [[GoodOldFisticuffs Freeter class]]. Masato is also notable for being the only Boss in the entire game that has QuickTimeEvents of any kind (as they're only seen with certain skills outside of gameplay otherwise). Throw in the fact that the circumstances make the fight feel like a CallBack to the original ''Yakuza'' game's own final boss and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meOtpQbug4M very sad tune]] that plays throughout and this is one of the most [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] fights in the series.

* Another RecurringBoss, [[ShadowArchetype Takumi Someya]], has all of the potency of Han but with more story relevance. Due to being a {{Foil}} to Kiryu and a representation of the modern {{Yakuza}} evolving past traditions like the [[TattooedCrook back tattoo]], as well as being an excellent fighter in his own right, he's always an interesting combatant. This is especially true for his final fight, where he wields [[KatanasAreJustBetter a katana]] as the third-to-last boss, forced by the BigBadDuumvirate into a DuelToTheDeath with Kiryu to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes save his ex-wife]]. The battle becomes even more awesome thanks to its [[DeathEqualsRedemption emotional conclusion]] and the fact that it's the last fight Kiryu ever has at the top of Millennium Tower.

** ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'' is the first time he's fought by someone other than Kiryu; instead, Saejima faces him in a battle between scorned BloodBrothers, which ends with Saejima dodging Majima's wild stabs [[PressXToNotDie in a quick-time sequence]], picking up his entire body, and slamming him into a wall headfirst. Notably, this is also the first Majima fight in the series where Majima [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness isn't fighting for fun]].

* One honourable mention goes to Hiroshi Hayashi, the Omi lieutenant you face in the first game. Here, he [[TookALevelInBadass poses a far greater challenge than he did before.]] Midway through the battle, Hayashi quickly rips off a pair of metal pipes ''with his bare hands'' and proceeds to [[SpectacularSpinning fancily spin them around]] with deadly efficiency. To top it all off, Hayashi has six full health bars, ''twice'' of that of the Final Boss himself in the original game! ''Kiwami 2'' ends the battle keeping a QTE sequence from the original that has you beat the absolute snot out of the former Omi lieutenant, letting players [[JustForPun blow off steam]] after dealing with Hayashi's grueling pipe phase.

* To test Saejima's honor and resolve, Kiryu [[DuelingPlayerCharacters challenges him to a fight]] on the beach outside the orphanage. Except this happens in Saejima's campaign, meaning ''[[OhCrap you have to fight the Dragon of Dojima yourself]]''. It's exactly as difficult and exactly as awesome as it sounds, with Kiryu busting out all of his old moves and hitting Saejima with a Heat attack which, if he fails to counter it, will devastate his health. Saejima barely manages to win, and even then, Kiryu isn't too badly beaten. It certainly lives up to the TigerVersusDragon terminology.

* Late in the game, Yagami is attacked in the street by a stylish, enigmatic ProfessionalKiller known as "Cane Man", who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin brandishes a]] SwordCane and attacks with flurries reminiscent of a more graceful Majima. It's a quick, but intense fight backed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcLs8EozCc a superb theme]]. But the real fight comes during Yagami's ascent of Hamura's hideout some time later; his return as a miniboss throughout the gauntlet marks one of the weirdest battles in the franchise, pushing the series' already loose logic into MaybeMagicMaybeMundane territory. Cane Man first fights you with a hidden knife, which turns into a [[BladeOnAStick long spear]] in his next encounter; when that fails, he ambushes you with his cane [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter somehow transforming into a working shotgun]]. Then he ambushes you ''again'' and turns the cane into two staves seemingly by duplicating it, before finally throwing one of them away and extending the other into a katana that appears from nowhere. Put together, it's one of the longest, coolest, and most arduously difficult fights in the whole game.

* Saejima vs Yama-Oroshi. Who or what is Yama-Oroshi, you ask? It's [[BearsAreBadNews a gargantuan, bloodthirsty grizzly bear]] that's seen as TheDreaded for those who know of it. Saejima fights it after his prison break when he's caught in a severe blizzard, and in the tradition set by [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Kiryu and the tigers]], manages to defeat it with his [[Pun bear]] hands. He manages to finish it off at the end of the fight by turning in midair when it throws him up and using the momentum to deliver a MegatonPunch to the bear's face!

* Saejima vs Yama-Oroshi. Who or what is Yama-Oroshi, you ask? It's [[BearsAreBadNews a gargantuan, bloodthirsty grizzly bear]] that's seen as TheDreaded for those who know of it. Saejima fights it after his prison break when he's caught in a severe blizzard, and in the tradition set by [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Kiryu and the tigers]], manages to defeat it with his [[JustforPun bear]] hands. He manages to finish it off at the end of the fight by turning in midair when it throws him up and using the momentum to deliver a MegatonPunch to the bear's face!

* Saejima vs Yama-Oroshi. Who or what is Yama-Oroshi, you ask? It's [[BearsAreBadNews a gargantuan, bloodthirsty grizzly bear]] that's seen as TheDreaded for those who know of it. Saejima fights it after his prison break when he's caught in a severe blizzard, and in the tradition set by [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Kiryu and the tigers]], manages to defeat it with his [[Justforpun bear]] hands. He manages to finish it off at the end of the fight by turning in midair when it throws him up and using the momentum to deliver a MegatonPunch to the bear's face!

* Saejima vs Yama-Oroshi. Who or what is Yama-Oroshi, you ask? It's [[BearsAreBadNews a gargantuan, bloodthirsty grizzly bear]] that's seen as TheDreaded for those who know of it. Saejima fights it after his prison break when he's caught in a severe blizzard, and in the tradition set by [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Kiryu and the tigers]], manages to defeat it with his bare hands. He manages to finish it off at the end of the fight by turning in midair when it throws him up and using the momentum to deliver a MegatonPunch to the bear's face!

* Every game has a BonusBoss fight with a member of the [[BadassFamily Amon Clan]], usually vengeful patriarch Jo Amon. While every other fight is at least ''loosely'' grounded in the realm of plausibility, Amon fights are where the game kisses all realism goodbye and goes all-out: they [[LightningBruiser move at superhuman speeds and hit like bullet trains]], [[MadeOfIron soak up more damage]] than their game's FinalBoss, and gain access to increasingly absurd weapons (including a BFG, AttackDrones, and a freaking ''KillSat''). In the fifth game, Sango Amon even starts [[PowerFloats levitating]] and throwing around [[ImprobableWeapon exploding umbrellas]]! They're usually backed up by some of the catchiest battle music in the games, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsTDqh37io The Grudge]] and their oft-remixed {{Leitmotif}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1mC8A7XxWQ Fiercest Warrior]].