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Meet Yakuza 3’s Real Life Tattoo Artist

One of the most interesting things about Yakuza 3 is how you keep running into men with enormous, fantastic tattoos. Well, those tats are the work of one man: Kazuaki Kitamura.

Better known as Horitomo, he’s a Japanese tattoo artist who, while working in Yokohama, was drafted in by Sega to design the trademark body art for the Yakuza series.

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He’s worked on every game since, including the just-released Yakuza 3 (which I really enjoyed). If you’re a fan, either of tattoos or just the series, Horitomo’s currently working in San Jose. I’m not recommending this, but if you were going to get a gaming piece anyway, one from the guy who does gangster tattoos for the Yakuza series would be pretty awesome.

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The Ink Of Yakuza 3 [PlayStation]

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