| “ | The customer is King. | „ |
| ~ Majima while running the Grand |
| “ | Ain't about money. For yakuza, it's all about power. Those that lose power have to give way to those that have it. | „ |
| ~ Majima to Saejima |
Summary []
Goro Majima is one of the protagonists of the Yakuza series.
He is a member of the Shimano Family, a subsidiary family in the Tojo Clan, who worked his way up until he was known as the Mad Dog of Shimano and formed his own subsidiary family, the Majima Family that would go on to be one of the biggest families in the Tojo Clan's history.
Powers and Stats []
Tier: 8-C, Higher with Weapons and Heat
Name: Goro Majima (Also known as the Mad Dog of Shimano)
Origin: Like a Dragon
Gender: Male
Age: 24 (Yakuza 0), 31 (Beginning of Yakuza 1/Kiwami), 41 (Yakuza 1/Yakuza Kiwami), 42 (Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2), 42-44 (Yakuza 3), 45 (Yakuza 4), 48 (Yakuza 5), 52 (Yakuza 6), 54/55 (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Classification: Human, Yakuza, (Former) Member of the Shimano Family, Majima Family Patriarch, Owner of Majima Construction
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Majima knows four martial arts styles, the Thug, Breaker, Slugger and Mad Dog of Shimano fight styles), Weapon Mastery (Majima is an expert at using a baseball bat and a knife in combat, Majima is also an expert at using Blackjacks, Iron Pipes, Batons, Knives, Katanas, Broadswords, Golf Club, Sledgehammers, Greatswords, Staffs, Spears, Knuckles, Bagh Nakas, Tonfa, Baseball Bats, Nunchaku, Kali Sticks, Dual Swords, Tasers, Handguns, Shotguns, Lighters, Sprays and Cannons as weapons), Limited Afterimage Creation (When Majima dodges an attack, he leaves a brief afterimage behind), Power Mimicry (Majima is able to perfectly copy someone's fighting style after seeing it once which he did to learn both his Breaker Style and his Slugger Style), Statistics Amplification, Aura, Chi Manipulation (Whenever Majima has Heat, he emits an aura from his body), Limited Pressure Point Strikes (With the Thug Style, Majima is able to strike the back of the opponent's neck to hit their brainstem), Air Manipulation (Majima is able to spin so fast that he generates a tornado), Duplication (Majima is able to use his Heat to generate a horde of clones of himself), Enhanced Senses (Is able to continue fighting after having his one eye crushed, can tell when a gun is about to be fired from hearing the click of the gun, Can detect hidden weapons that an opponent has with his Insight ability), Acrobatics (In Majima's Breaker Style, he is able to easily flip and spin around on his feet, In Majima's Slugger Style, Majima is able to casually balance his entire body on the tip of a baseball bat), Limited Healing (With Breaker (Renewal), Majima is able to recover a small amount of health when he dodges attacks at low health), Limited Physics Manipulation (With Secret of Swing (Follow Through), Majima removes the propelling force of non-destructible objects that his baseball bat hits), Stealth Mastery (Managed to successfully evade from a horde of Yakuza thugs while running across town and escorting a blind woman, Is able to casually sneak up on Kiryu without him noticing until the last second), Shockwave Creation (Majima is able to casually create shockwaves that shake an entire building), Berserker Mode (Majima, after being driven to the breaking point, managed to successful tear through the Dojima Family HQ, Hirowaki Awano and Lao Gui on his own in less than an hour), Electricity Manipulation (Majima is able to generate lightning bolts and freely electrify his Demonfire Daggers to increase their damage), Weapon Creation (Majima seemingly creates a mass amount Demonfire Daggers out of nowhere), Paralysis Inducement (His Demonfire Rain skill has a chance to paralyze an opponent hit by it), Surface Scaling (Majima can casually run down the side of a building)
Healing (With food, energy drinks and first-aid kits), Limited Resurrection (With the Sacrifice Stone and the Stone of Enduring, if Majima is killed then he can come back to life, however, the Sacrifice Stone and the Stone of Enduring break after being used), Damage Reduction (By wearing armour and accessories, Majima can take reduced damage from blunt force, bladed weapons and firearms), Limited Probability Manipulation (With certain Majima is able to affect the outcome of gambling games), Supernatural Luck (With Lucky Binding, Majima's luck increases when it comes to money and financial problems), Emotional Manipulation (With the Rage Ring, Majima is able to send his opponents into a rage, With the Tattered Scarf, Majima's opponents will pity him and refuse to fight Majima), Reactive Power Level (With the Sacred Wooden Katana, Majima's attack power increases when he has low health), Regeneration (Low, With Hawker's Belly Warmer, Majima can slowly recover from minor injuries), Limited Creation (With the Ebisu Socks, Majima creates money with every step he takes), Electricity Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement (With Tasers, Majima can deliver an electrical shock to opponents that stuns them), Fire Manipulation (With Lighters, Majima is able to spray a stream of fire at the opponent), Air Manipulation (With War Fans, Majima is able to create gusts of wind that can harm the opponent), Sleep Manipulation (With Dow-Z 55, Majima is able to put an opponent to sleep), Poison Manipulation (With Poison Spray, Majima can spray out a poisonous gas that harms the opponent), Smoke Manipulation (With Smoke Gun, Majima can fire off pellets that create a smog of smoke), Damage Transferal (With the Wild Shirt, Majima can transfers an opponent's attack after they damage Majima), Energy Projection (With his Satellite Laser, Majima is able to shoot powerful beams from a satellite down onto his opponent), Resistance to Fear Manipulation (With the Protective Amulet, Majima can forcibly give himself peace of mind to not make him afraid of anything), Elemental Manipulation, Fire Manipulation (With the Fireproof Shirt, Majima can get resistance to fire based attacks), Electricity Manipulation (With the Insulated Shirt, Majima can get resistance to electricity based attacks), Pain Manipulation (With Fearless Binding, Majima gains an increased resistance to pain)
Resistance to Extreme Heat (Was barely effected by being splashed with boiling hot water, Is barely effected by being touched by Jo Amon's flaming swords), Limited Electricity Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement (With Disruption Immunity, Majima becomes immune to the stun effects of weapons such as tasers), Extreme Pain Tolerance ()
Attack Potency: Building Level (Destroyed an entire floor of a building with a single punch, Regularly fights on par with Kazuma Kiryu who survived an explosion that destroyed the top of a building, Has fought on par with Taiga Saejima who is able to casually destroy boulders with a single punch, Managed to defeat Jo Amon, Managed to fight on par with Ichiban Kasuga and his group while holding back, Defeated Lao Gui who is one of the greatest hitmen in all of Asia)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Scales to Kazuma Kiryu who can dodge Jo Amon's satellite laser, Is able to casually dodge bullets from point blank range)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Should scale to Kiryu, Can casually swing around and wield demi-cannons which are larger than Majima's body are weigh 2500 kg on average, Is comparable to Saejima who was able to stop a speeding car with his bare hands)
Striking Strength: Building Level
Durability: Building Level (Can take hits from Kazuma Kiryu, Taiga Saejima, Ichiban Kasuga and Lao Gui)
Stamina: Superhuman (Has fought through an entire building filled with members of the Dojima Family before fighting one of the Dojima Family Lieutenants and one of the greatest assassins in Asia)
Range: Standard melee range, Extended melee range with Hellfire Dagger and Baseball Bat
Standard Equipment:
- Healing Items: Majima carries around a variety of healing items, typically food, energy drinks or first-aid kits. Aside from healing Majima, some of these items can also be used to recover Majima's Heat. The amount of health and Heat recovered depends on the item with some of them being able to fully heal Majima's health and Heat back to full.
- Blackjacks, Iron Pipes, Batons, Knives, Katanas, Broadswords, Golf Club, Sledgehammers, Greatswords, Staffs, Spears, Knuckles, Bagh Nakas, Tonfa, Baseball Bats, Nunchaku, Kali Sticks, Dual Swords, Tasers, Handguns, Shotguns, Lighters, Sprays, Cannons, etc
- Hellfire Dagger: The Hellfire Dagger is Majima's signature knife. He wields it in one hand and uses it primarily as a slashing weapon but has been shown to use it as a throwing knife. Unlike all of Majima's other weapons, it has infinite durability and is practically impossible to remove from Majima's hands.
- Pummeling Bat: The Pummeling Bat Majima's signature metal baseball bat. Unlike all of Majima's other weapons, it has infinite durability and is practically impossible to remove from Majima's hands.
- Golden Pistol: The Golden Pistol is a unique handgun that has infinite ammo.
- Grenades: Majima carries a variety of grenades including explosive, stun and incendiary. Majima is able to shoot them after they are thrown in order to trigger them manually.
- Automatic Shotgun: Majima's signature automatic shotgun. Despite shotguns typically having a widespread and low accuracy, Majima is able to hit precise targets with individual shots.
- Satellite Laser: After beating Jo Amon, Majima received an electronic device that controls a satellite with a mounted laser cannon. This Satellite Laser is able to bombard an opponent with powerful laser beams.
- Sacrifice Stone/Stone of Enduring: The Sacrifice Stone/Stone of Enduring are a pair of stones that Majima will negate one attack that would kill Majima but break after one use. Majima can carry multiple of them on him at the same time. The difference between the two is that the Sacrifice Stone fully heals Majima after it breaks.
- War God Talisman: The War God Talisman is a talisman that either gradually increases Majima's Heat, either over time or instantly, automatically.
- Silent Shoes: The Silent Shoes are a pair of shoes that produce no sound from footsteps, making them useful for sneaking around.
Intelligence: Genius (Managed to defeat Lao Gui in a one-on-one fight while unarmed who is considered to be the greatest assassin in all of Asia, Managed to defeat a younger Jo Amon who is from a clan of the greatest assassins in the entire world with Jo Amon being able to perfectly copy Majima's Mad Dog of Shimano fighting style instantly, Majima is an expert at wielding most types of weapons such as Blackjacks, Iron Pipes, Batons, Knives, Katanas, Broadswords, Golf Club, Sledgehammers, Greatswords, Staffs, Spears, Knuckles, Bagh Nakas, Tonfa, Baseball Bats, Nunchaku, Kali Sticks, Dual Swords, Tasers, Handguns, Shotguns, Lighters, Sprays and Cannons)
Weaknesses: Most of his moves drain Heat, His insanity while making him hard to predict means he will make bad decisions like when he stopped one of his own men from stabbing Kiryu by getting stabbed himself
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Thug Style: The Thug Style is an unarmed fighting style where Majima fights using rough martial arts similar to typical street fighting. The Thug Style also has Majima using underhanded tactics in a fight such as poking an opponent's eyes, kicking an opponent's shins to trip them up, quickly striking the back of an opponent's neck and snapping an opponent's neck after getting behind them.
- Breaker Style: The Breaker Style is an unarmed fighting style where Majima fights using breakdancing moves.
- Slugger Style: The Slugger Style is a fighting style where Majima wields a metal baseball bat. Majima is able to wield his baseball bat either as a typical baseball bat, as a pair of Nunchaku or even as a stick that Majima can balance on so he can easily flip around. After some training, Majima is able to use his Slugger Style to wield Nunchaku, Kali Sticks, Poles, Tonfa and Kantanas better than he can in his other styles.
- Mad Dog of Shimano Style: The Mad Dog of Shimano Style is a fighting style where Majima wields a dagger. Majima
- Eye Poke: The Eye Poke is a technique where Majima, in the middle of a punch combo, quickly pokes the opponent's eyes with his hands, causing them to recoil and leaving them temporarily disoriented, leaving them open to a neck snap.
- Insight: Insight is the ability that allows Majima to detect if someone is holding a hidden weapon. From Majima's perspective, he will see an opponent glowing yellow if they have a bladed weapon or red if they have a firearm.
- Frantic Throw: Frantic Throw is a technique where Majima, after getting grabbed by an enemy, can quickly get out of the throw before delivering a high kick to the opponent's head.
- Harsh Lesson: Harsh Lesson is a technique where Majima counters an opponent's attack by grabbing their arm and pulling them past him before delivering a quick chop to the back of the opponent's neck.
- Secret of the Strut (Elbow): Secret of the Strut (Elbow) is a technique where Majima counters an oncoming attack by quickly delivering an elbow to the opponent's face.
- Charged Windmill: Charged Windmill is a technique where Majima charges up an attack before sliding towards the opponent and delivering two spinning windmill kicks to their legs and torso. The longer Majima charges up, the stronger the attack is.
- Phantom Turn: Phantom Turn is a technique where Majima, while guarding, quickly spins on his feet, causing enemy attacks to miss him.
- Rising Rotor: Rising Rotor is a technique where Majima, after being knocked down, quickly stands up on his head while spinning, delivering two spinning kicks to whoever gets close to him.
- Break Roll: Break Roll is a technique where Majima, after getting his guard broken, quickly performs a breakdance spin, kicking all around him.
- Tornado Throw: Tornado Throw is a technique where Majima quickly picks up a small weapon, spins around to hit anyone around him with the small weapon before throwing it at the nearest opponent.
- Freeze Counter: Freeze Counter is a technique where Majima, while stopped in a pose, quickly counters anyone who tries to attack him.
- Disruption Immunity: Disruption Immunity is an ability that makes Majima completely immune to the stunning effect of certain weapons, such as batons and tasers.
- Breaker (Renewal): Breaker (Renewal) is an ability that allows Majima to recover a small amount of his health back after dodging an opponent's attack when Majima has low health.
- Dash Pirouette: Dash Pirouette is a technique where Majima runs up to an opponent before spins around, hitting an opponent with his fists before stopping and elbowing an opponent's stomach.
- Rolling Snake: Rolling Snake is a technique where Majima rolls towards an opponent before wrapping his leg around them to trip them to the floor before Majima gets up and stomps on the opponent's back.
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- Chomp: Chomp is a technique where Majima, after slashing an opponent with his knife, crouches down and runs around at high speeds, allowing him to quickly slash anyone he gets close to without losing any speed.
- Frenzy: Frenzy is a technique where Majima spins around, using his knife to slash all around him, slashing anyone that gets too close.
- Shadow Trail: Shadow Trail is a technique where Majima performs a much faster quick step, being able to move a few metres in an instant, allowing Majima to disappear from an opponent's line of sight.
- Demonfire: Demonfire is a technique where Majima counters an opponent's attack by grabbing them and quickly stabbing them in the stomach with his knife.
- Heat: Majima, much like most characters in the Yakuza series, can use a mysterious energy called Heat. With Heat, Majima gets stronger, faster and more durable, he also becomes more resistant to knives and guns. Majima can also spend a good amount of his Heat to do Heat moves. Majima can charge up Heat by damaging the enemy and avoiding attacks, he loses Heat when he takes damage or uses a Heat move.
- Heat Sniping: Majima uses his Heat to increase accuracy on par with a sniper, no matter what type of gun he is using.
- Azure Dragon Spirit: If Majima has Heat, he takes less damage from any attacks dealt to him.
- Doppelganger: Using Heat, Majima is able to create multiple clones of himself. These clones can fight as well as Majima can but they are notably less durable than Majima himself is.
- Dragon Twister: Using Heat, Majima is able to spin around so fast that he creates a tornado that hurts any opponent that touches it.
- Demonfire Rain: Using Heat, Majima summons electricity and throws a large number of his Demonfire Daggers at the opponent, electrifying the area before making a bolt of lightning strike them. Majima then slashes the opponent with an electrified Demonfire Dagger that he is holding.