Judgment Gets New Trailer Revealing Changed Kyohei Hamura Following Drug Scandal

Sega released a new trailer of its upcoming Yakuza spin-off Judgment, showcasing the new looks of character Kyohei Hamura.

If you’re not familiar with the whole scandal, Sega abruptly suspended Judgment’s sales in Japan following the arrest of actor, singer, and performer Pierre Taki during a drug bust in Tokyo. Taki-san had lent his likeness and voice one of the game’s characters, the aforementioned Kyohei Hamura.

A few weeks ago, the publisher made a follow-up announcement mentioning that the western release will still come on June 25 as previously revealed, but Pierre Taki’s likeness and Japanese voice would be removed. Recently, the western arm of the company also released a new announcement trailer with Kyohei Hamura completely cut.

Producer Toshihiro Nagoshi followed-up by mentioning that the change had been made rather swiftly and that the new looks of the character were not scanned from a real-life actor.

Today we get to see the result, and you can enjoy it below.

Judgment is coming west exclusively for PS4 on June 25.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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