Kazuma Kiryu
Unlike previous episodes, the story is not written by Hase Seishu; instead, it was primarily penned by writer Masayoshi Yokoyama. "Yakuza 3" takes a departure from the first two games with its choice of setting: instead of focusing on the gritty cityscapes of Tokyo and Osaka, it switches gears and sends Kazuma Kiryu to the rural Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa, where he runs the Morning Glory Orphanage ("Sunshine Orphanage" in the English PS3 version) with his adoptive daughter Haruka Sawamura (who calls him "Uncle Kaz").